Well, I actually think the idea of the cake, and the handwriting is cute- I love the way she used brown & black icing, it gives a little extra. But how exactly DO you make icing look like dirt? I think I would have been thinking more out of the box and dusted over my icing "dirt" with crushed cookies or graham crackers- but then again, I am no professional cake decorator.

I love frosting more than anyone one I know. but that cake has turned my stomach. The dirt looks like ... like...poop! And not from a healthy person or animal. Oh god and the SPIDER. I have arachnophobia. There is no way I would ever eat that cake. This is about as disgusting at that foot cake! * rocks self in a corner while crying *

@team serrins springfield: Yeah, I kinda took offense at the reference of 50 being 'older than dirt' than I did at the brainpooguts all over the cake itself! It is intensely ugly, though. (I say here as I am eating a slice of coconut layer cake...which is yummy!)

I mean really, when there's a big pile of doo-doo on your cake, why bother piping so nicely in white along the bottom edge of the cake? And frankly, why bother centering the name on the cake either? At least this decorator realized the second of these two.

Whoever made that "dirt" was pooping it out pretty consistently, at least. Look at that lovely uniform line at the bottom. Mind you the two grass-tufts on either side give it rather an aquarium-feel, which would mean the dirt could be some squirmy sea-life. It's such a happy cake though with that blue sky. The spider is a nice touch - a bit of early Hallowe'en?

after reading everyones comments and going back to stare in disbelief I do believe that the intestines are supposed to be ROCKS and the black spray is the dirt.... though I am not sure just really reaching out here ya know.ACK... poor cake wreck

That so does NOT look like dirt....blegh....and brown and black icing - reminds me of the scene in Steel Magnolias when they're talking about the Groom's Cake - and Sally Field says, "It's got gray icing! I can't even begin to think how you make gray icing!" Best....ever....

In form, that cake looks like small intestine. But the color is wrong.Or that small intestine is badly diseased.The spider is kind of cute. If spiders can be cute.And 50 is soooooo NOT older than dirt. Dirt is much much older than 50 years of age! We're talking millions here LOL

Wow, that is a truly disgusting looking cake. I'm thinking the decorator's intention may have been to make Edward feel better about being old by making him a cake that is just so revolting he feels better about the way he looks, considering his age.

I hate when people say someone is "older than dirt" after they hit a certain age. Isn't 40 supposed to be the new 30 and 50 the new 40, or something? I don't think 50, 60, or even 70 is that old anymore, unless you're really decrepit and unhealthy.

Even using the airbrushing on the "dirt" pile (which does look like intestines to me), like under the "Older than Dirt", or cocoa powder would have looked better... it's just the sheen to it that's really creepy.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought "intestines" before reading the commentary! Probably would have been better to put an ant on the cake instead of a spider. I don't recall ever seeing frosting that shiny before.....which just adds to the "intestinal eruption" effect. Gross!

Alright, I don't know if this is a Cakewrecks "first," but this cake actually spawned a nightmare for me. I won't go into details, but I woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat because of this foul thing. I need a hug.

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